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Plant name	mustā
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Cyperus rotundus L. - please click to view full record
Sanskrit name	mustā, mustakā
Hindi name	mothā, nāgarmothā
Tamil name	kōṟai
Malayalam name	muttaṅṅa
English name	Nut grass
Search occurrence	mustā, mustakā, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 824) musta, mn. and(ā), f. a species of grass, Cyperue Rotundus, Kāv., Var., Suśr. (n. prob. the root of Cyperue Rotundus).

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